Australian Open 2016 - Main Draw - Melbourne, Australia - Hard

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

RE: Australian Open 2016 - Main Draw - Melbourne, Australia - Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

(7) Angelique Kerber beat (1) Serena Williams 6-4 3-6 6-4 !!!!

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 30th of January 2016 10:55:37 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, we can't always get our way

But it's brilliant for German tennis - and Serena's volleys - oh Lordy...... she'll relive that one....

Well done Angie !

Jan · Hall of fame

Yes - we can all support who we want to!
But I am so very pleased for Kerber!!
Fantastic match, fantastic win!

DF · Tennis legend

Brilliant result!

indiana · Tennis legend

Angie is indeed now WR 2 in spite of the announcer seeming to slightly doubt himself

indiana · Tennis legend

Lovely speech by Angie and great by Serena throughout post match.

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 30th of January 2016 11:09:13 AM

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

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Just... wow!
I've said before Kerber's my favourite non-Brit player; in my mind, all her matches are like that

A magnificent advert for the WTA tonight. From both players some incredible tennis, drama, skill, athleticism and guts. Absolutely compelling.
Looking on social media it's telling how many of Serena's fans are just saying something equivalent to, "sad, but I have to give it to Kerber, she deserved every bit of that'. The spectacle and performance overcoming EVEN the deeply entrenched fan favouritism on the WTA.

Serena's time for history will still surely come, and I hope it does - the final numbers in the history books should leave no doubt that she's the greatest player we've ever seen (I'd say personally, by a very wide margin).
For Angie though, constantly written off as a 'nice player, or 'good runner' and so on, not only did she deserve this, she earned it in the sternest acid test of all, beating an on form Serena in a GS final. Only the fourth player to defeat Serena in a GS final, and the first to defeat her at any stage in Australia beyond the semi!

Well done Angie. Well done

paulisi · Tennis legend

The standard in sets 2&3 was very high. Serena was awful in set 1.

Really pleased to see someone different winning.

A lot of players have lost their match against Serena before the match has even started. Not Angie

Is this the start of the end of Serena.... When I say end, I mean back to the levels of everyone else...

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

I am a huge Serena fan (as I think all womens tennis fans should be, for her achievements if nothing else) but totally agree with the sentiment that Kerber deserved that, she was so solid and consistently aggressive.

Great speeches from both too - a remarkable match!

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I'm warming even more to Serena. Can you imagine Fed being so generous? To be fair to Serena, she has always been pretty gracious. I think she gets alot of us on back because she's so good.

Aaah, bless you Angie. You can tell this means so much to her.

Here's to more rivalry in the women's game.

Grachka · County player

Such a relief for a good quality, tense women's final - and a really deserving winner.

savva0122 · Intermediate Club Player

It's nice to see someone different win, like it will be tomorrow....

Gary Denton · Intermediate Club Player

And of course, we now know Jo lost to the future champion ;). Not shabby losing to a Grand Slam Champion :)

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Great to see a new slam champ. Saw most of the 1st and final sets and the difference in quality was astonishing. The final set was great.

Nice to see a great women's final. Haven't had one in a while.

Makes things interesting now.